Administration

Letter from the City Administrator

Welcome to the City of Bolivar home page! It is with great pleasure that the staff and I have the opportunity to serve and represent this fine community. The Internet provides us a unique opportunity to make ourselves available to every citizen and customer by bringing services and information from City Hall directly into your home or place of business. I hope you will take advantage of this service by browsing through the City’s website, and please feel free to e-mail me or other City Officials with any questions or comments you may have. Thank you for your interest in the City of Bolivar!

Duties and Responsibilities

As a City of the Fourth Class described in Section 79 of the Missouri Revised Codes, the City Administrator functions as the Chief Administrative Assistant to the Mayor. The City Administrator is appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.

Duties of the City Administrator are prescribed by ordinance and include serving as the Chief Purchasing Agent, Budget Officer, Personnel Officer and Liaison Officer. The Administrator aids the Council in the formulation of City Policy, prepares the Council Agenda on behalf of the Mayor, works with City Boards and Committees and other duties prescribed by the Mayor and City Council. The Administrator has responsibility for all real and personal property of the City, sets administrative rule and regulations, coordinates the work of all Departments, investigates the affairs of the City, and implements City policies. At no time do the duties of the City Administrator supersede action by the Mayor and City Council or the Board of Public Works.

Bolivar has a Mayor-Board of Aldermen form of government with a Mayor and eight Aldermen. The Mayor is elected to a two year term; the Aldermen to two year terms. There is a city election the first Tuesday of April at which city officials are elected. The city is divided into four wards with two aldermen representing each ward. Each year four aldermen, one from each ward, are up for election.

I was born in Great Bend, Kansas, in 1961, but raised in Bolivar after moving to Missouri in 1965 when I was four years old. I graduated from Bolivar High School, have been married to my wife Jenise since 1988 and we have two daughters, Lorrie and Lacy.